1 Timothy 5
1 Don’t rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;
Patong te tluung boeh. Tedae pa pakhat bangla, tanoe thai manuca bangla hloephoelh lah.
2 the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in all purity.
Hamca te manu bangla, tanoe rhoek te ngannu rhoek bangla cilpoenah cungkuem neh hloep.
3 Honor widows who are widows indeed.
Nuhmai rhoek khaw nuhmai taktak te tah hinyah lah.
4 But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay their parents, for this is acceptable in the sight of God.
Tedae nuhmai khat khat loh a ca rhoek mai khaw a cadil rhoek mai khaw a khueh atah amah imkhui ah thothueng ham neh buhungnah te a manu napa taengah thuung ham lamhma la cang sak. He tah Pathen hmuhah mikcop la om.
5 Now she who is a widow indeed and desolate, has her hope set on God and continues in petitions and prayers night and day.
Tedae nuhmai taktak tih aka omdam loh Pathen soah lat a ngaiuep tih rhenbihnah neh thangthuinah dongah khoyin khothaih om.
6 But she who gives herself to pleasure is dead while she lives.
Tedae omthen aka bawn tah a hing pueng thuem ah duek coeng.
7 Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.
Te rhoek khaw na uen daengah ni hmabuet la a om uh eh.
8 But if anyone doesn’t provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Tedae khat khat loh amah huiko neh olpuei la imkhuikho te kho a khan pawt atah tangnah te a hno tih aka tangnahmueh lakah a thae la om.
9 Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
Nuhmai la hlum ham tah kum sawmrhuk hmuiah om mahpawh. Va pakhat bueng aka khueh huta,
10 being approved by good works, if she has brought up children, if she has been hospitable to strangers, if she has washed the saints’ feet, if she has relieved the afflicted, and if she has diligently followed every good work.
Ca a khut atah, yinlai a sawtlet atah, hlangcim rhoek kah kho a silh atah, aka patang rhoek te a sawtlet atah, khoboe then cungkuem neh a rhoih atah khoboe then la phong pai saeh.
11 But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry,
Tedae a haw vaengah tah Khrih hmanah vasak a ngaih dongah nuhmai tanoe rhoek te rhoe dae.
12 having condemnation, because they have rejected their first pledge.
Lamhma kah tangnah te a phae uh dongah laitloeknah a yook uh.
13 Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
Te vaengah palyal khaw pahoi a cang uh, im te a hil uh. Te bueng pawt tih palyal neh hlangthet vueihnam, tomban rhuikha neh a kuek pawt te a thui uh.
14 I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
Te dongah tanoe rhoek tah vasak sak ham, cacun sak ham, cangbam sak ka ngaih. Thuithetnah dongah thimkalh te rhoirhinah paek ham moenih.
15 For already some have turned away after Satan.
Hlangvang loh Satan hnukah oepsoeh la hoi uh.
16 If any man or woman who believes has widows, let them relieve them, and don’t let the assembly be burdened, that it might relieve those who are widows indeed.
Uepom pakhat loh nuhmai rhoek a khueh atah amih te sawtlet saeh lamtah hlangboel te bakbahap boel saeh. Te daengah ni nuhmai tang rhoek te a sawtlet thai eh.
17 Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.
A then la aka mawt patong neh olpuei la olka neh thuituennah dongah aka thakthae rhoek tah rhaepnit la hinyahnah ham tueng pai.
18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle the ox when it treads out the grain.” And, “The laborer is worthy of his wages.”
Cacim loh a ti coeng ta. Cangtil vaito pin boeh, “Bibikung tah a thapang nen khaw tiing pai.”
19 Don’t receive an accusation against an elder except at the word of two or three witnesses.
Laipai panit pathum pawt atah a ham kah lai te doe boeh.
20 Those who sin, reprove in the sight of all, that the rest also may be in fear.
Aka tholh rhoek te hlang boeih hmaiah na toeltham daengah ni a tloe long khaw rhihnah a khueh eh.
21 I command you in the sight of God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the chosen angels, that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.
Pathen, Khrih Jesuh neh puencawn a coelh rhoek kah a hmaiah ka laipai. He rhoek he hlaangnah kolla tuem mai, maelhmai sawt nen khaw saii boeh.
22 Lay hands hastily on no one. Don’t be a participant in other people’s sins. Keep yourself pure.
Kut he tokrhat la tloeng thil boeh. Hlanglang rhoek kah tholhnah te boek pah boeh. Namah te a cuem la tuem uh.
23 Be no longer a drinker of water only, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.
Tui bueng te o boeh. Tedae na bung dongah puet na tloh te khaw misurtui bet saem pah.
24 Some men’s sins are evident, preceding them to judgment, and some also follow later.
Hlang a ngen kah tholhnah tah laitloeknah la a pha hlanah lohaa coeng. Tedae a ngen kah tah a hnong pah.
25 In the same way also there are good works that are obvious, and those that are otherwise can’t be hidden.
Khoboe then khaw lohaa van. Te dongah thuh hamla tloekloek aka om rhoek loh noeng uh pawh.
